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DILEK PENINSULA NATIONAL PARK
The national park near Kusadasi is a place where you can enjoy walking, water sports and picnics for eight months of the year from April to December, and go swimming throughout the summer months.The name of the park is quite a mouthful, because when the Menderes Delta to the south was included in the Dilek Peninsula National Park the area doubled in size to cover an area of 27,675 hectares. |
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The name grew at the same time, becoming the Dilek Peninsula and Büyük Menderes Delta National Park, but you will be happy to hear that it is known for short as Güzelçamlı National Park. The park offers many alternatives for visitors to choose from . You can swim from beaches where the forest trees come right up to the water, go for a walk amongst the linden and chestnut trees, cycle through pine woods, go rock climbing, or fishing for example. |
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Among the many rare and endangered bird species which can be seen in the park are the Dalmatian pelikan and pygmy cormorant, and if you are lucky you may catch a glimpse of wild horses.
 It is absolutely forbidden to light fires in the park, so either bring a picnic of cold food or eat in a restaurant in one of the bays. The park is open between 09.00 and 20.00 daily. There is nowhere to stay and camping is also prohibited. Apart from the gendarme station and four restaurants there are no concrete buildings, but there are public lavatories, showers, drinking water fountains, and wooden picnic tables and chairs in the woods.
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You can drive by car to Güzelçamlı National Park, or take the minibuses which leave every ten minutes during the summer from Kusadasi and Söke, 27 km and 34 km away respectively. The north shores are best for swimming, and here there are four main beaches. Içmeler, the park’s largest bay and the nearest to the entrance, has the only sand beach, and since the sea is shallow here, is favoured by families with children and non-swimmers.
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